[NYer]

How though is SSPX going to swallow all these feeling as to Vatican II. It seems the SSPX has just hardened in those issues to me or at least the laity in those groups have.

The trads have already begun to splinter amongst themselves. Assuming the SSPX returns to the fold, expect some to splinter of into a new group. This is what happens to those who separate from the Magisterium.

[tiki]

My friend who is SSPX has 3 children and a niece who she brought along with her. Her boys are still pretty traditional but not extreme. Her daughter could and would come back in a minute and is helping her mother be a little less extreme. The niece now thinks that all the rest are sinful and she has moved her family away from them. It is kind of sad.

You know, my friend never made any friends in her SSPX church, they are all too holy for each other, I think.

You know what is really funny? My friend's mother is seriously considering converting to Catholicism (not SSPX) and my friend is very angry about it. She would have been doing cartwheels a few years ago.

[Selous]

"The trads have already begun to splinter amongst themselves."

Whats a "trad"? And, assuming you can define the term, perhaps you'll share your opinions on the splinter issue.